This film image released by Fox Searchlight shows Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock in 'Hitchcock.' / Suzanne Tenner, AP

by Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY

by Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY

Joaquin Phoenix, in an Interview mag chat last month, called the Oscars "total, utter bull----" and said, "I don't want to be part of it." (Later, he backtracked from the remarks, saying, "I wouldn't have the career I have if it weren't for the Oscars.")

Now, Anthony Hopkins is giving his opinion of the Oscars, and he doesn't like playing the game, either. In an interview with Huffington Post, Oscar buzz is brought up for his work in the new movie, Hitchcock.

"...You know, I've been around - I've got the Oscar myself for Silence of the Lambs - and having to be nice to people and to be charming and flirting with them ... oh, come on! People go out of their way to flatter the nominating body and I think it's kind of disgusting. That's always been against my nature," says Hopkins, 74.

He continued, "You know, kissing the backside of the authorities that can make or break it; I can't stand all that. I find it nauseating to watch and I think it's disgusting to behold. People groveling around and kissing the backsides of famous producers and all that. It makes me want to throw up, it really does. It's sick-making. I've seen it so many times. I saw it fairly recently, last year. Some great producer-mogul and everyone kisses this guy's backside. I think, "What are they doing? Don't they have any self respect?" I wanted to say, "(Expletive) off."

Huff Post interviewer Christopher Rosen also asked Hopkins about Method acting, noting that the cast of Lincoln has spoken about staying in character during the film's production. Is that something Hopkins does?

"No, I don't," he says. "There's no such thing. Well, you can do it if you want, but I don't go along with being called 'Mr. Hitchcock.' I think that's a lot of crap. I just don't understand that. If actors want to do that, fine. If they want to be miserable, that's up to them. I'm not interested. It's a job. I do the job. I'm certainly not going to make my life miserable just to be a character."

He added, "Who the hell wants to be with some miserable grump because he wants to get his performance right, so you have to call him this or call him that? It's so boring. I've been with actors like that and they're a pain in the (rear), they really are. They're unpleasant to work with and I don't think they're always that good either. I've worked with some awkward customers, fortunately not too many. I go out of my way never to work with them again."